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Wes Anderson filmography

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Anderson at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival

Wes Anderson is an American filmmaker known for feature films, commercials, and short films.

Feature films

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Year Title Director Writer Producer
1996 Bottle Rocket Yes Yes No
1998 Rushmore Yes Yes Executive
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Yes Yes Yes
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Yes Yes Yes
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Yes Yes Yes
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Yes Yes Yes
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Yes Yes Yes
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Yes Yes Yes
2018 Isle of Dogs Yes Yes Yes
2021 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Yes Yes Yes
2023 Asteroid City Yes Yes Yes
2024 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More Yes Yes Yes
TBA The Phoenician Scheme Yes Yes Yes

Producer only

Executive producer only

Short films

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1994 Bottle Rocket Yes Yes No Shot in 1992, released in 1994, an early version of Bottle Rocket
2007 Hotel Chevalier Yes Yes No Prologue to The Darjeeling Limited
2012 Do You Like to Read? Yes Yes Yes Promotional shorts for Moonrise Kingdom
Cousin Ben Troop Screening Yes Yes No
2013 Castello Cavalcanti Yes Yes No Commissioned by Prada
2023 Asteroid City: Location Featurette Yes Yes No Promotional short for Asteroid City
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Yes Yes Yes Netflix shorts based on stories by Roald Dahl
The Swan Yes Yes Yes
The Rat Catcher Yes Yes Yes
Poison Yes Yes Yes

Commercials and music videos

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Year Title Director Writer Company Notes
2004 "My Life, My Card" Yes Yes American Express Starring Wes Anderson as himself[1]
2008 "Softbank" Yes No Softbank Japanese commercial filmed in France
2010 "Apartomatic" Yes No Stella Artois Co-directed with Roman Coppola
2012 "Made of Imagination" Yes No Sony Xperia Stop-motion animation
2013 "Candy" Yes No Prada Co-directed with Roman Coppola
2016 "Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion" Yes Yes H&M
2021 "Aline" Yes No Promotional animated music video for The French Dispatch
song written by Christophe, performed by Jarvis Cocker in character as Tip-Top
2024 "100 Years of Meisterstück" Yes Yes Montblanc Starring Wes Anderson along with two of his frequent collaborators Jason Schwartzman and Rupert Friend. Wes Anderson also announced that he designed his own pen for the company named the Schreiberling.[2]

Acting credits

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Bottle Rocket Passenger on bus Uncredited cameo
1998 Rushmore Student
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Tennis match commentator
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Stan Weasel Voice role
2016 Sing Additional Voices
2021 Sing 2

Reception

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Year Film Rotten Tomatoes[3] Metacritic[4] Budget Box office[5]
1996 Bottle Rocket 85% (6.8/10 average rating) (68 reviews) 67 (24 reviews) $7 million $560,000
1998 Rushmore 90% (8.2/10 average rating) (105 reviews) 86 (32 reviews) $9 million $17.1 million
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums 81% (7.5/10 average rating) (215 reviews) 76 (34 reviews) $21 million $71.4 million
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 57% (6.1/10 average rating) (226 reviews) 62 (38 reviews) $50 million $34.8 million
2007 The Darjeeling Limited 69% (6.6/10 average rating) (189 reviews) 67 (35 reviews) $16 million $35.1 million
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox 93% (7.9/10 average rating) (246 reviews) 83 (34 reviews) $40 million $46.5 million
2012 Moonrise Kingdom 93% (8.3/10 average rating) (269 reviews) 84 (43 reviews) $16 million $68.3 million
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel 92% (8.5/10 average rating) (318 reviews) 88 (48 reviews) $25 million $174.8 million
2018 Isle of Dogs 90% (8.0/10 average rating) (370 reviews) 82 (55 reviews) $35 million $64.2 million
2021 The French Dispatch 75% (7.1/10 average rating) (312 reviews) 74 (57 reviews) $25 million $46.3 million
2023 Asteroid City 75% (7/10 average rating) (338 reviews) 74 (60 reviews) $25 million $54 million

Frequent collaborators

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Anderson's films feature many recurring actors, including the Wilson brothers (Owen, Luke, and Andrew), Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Bob Balaban, and Tilda Swinton.[6][7] Robert Yeoman has served as director of photography for all of Anderson's live-action films, while Mark Mothersbaugh composed Anderson's first four films, with Alexandre Desplat with six films, taking over composing since Fantastic Mr. Fox.[8] Randall Poster has served as music supervisor for all of Anderson's films since Rushmore. His films have often been financed by Steven Rales through his production company Indian Paintbrush.[9]

Collaborator Role Bottle Rocket Rushmore The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Darjeeling Limited Fantastic Mr. Fox Moonrise Kingdom The Grand Budapest Hotel Isle of Dogs The French Dispatch Asteroid City The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More Total
Waris Ahluwalia Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Eric Chase Anderson Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Artist YesY YesY YesY 3
Bob Balaban Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Noah Baumbach Screenwriter YesY YesY 2
Adrien Brody Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Milena Canonero Costume designer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Seymour Cassel Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Jarvis Cocker Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY 4
Roman Coppola Cinematographer YesY 1
Story YesY YesY YesY 3
Screenwriter YesY YesY 2
Willem Dafoe Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Jeremy Dawson Producer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 8
Alexandre Desplat Composer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 6
Stephen Dignan Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Eliel Ford Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Rupert Friend Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Jeff Goldblum Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY 4
Anjelica Huston Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Harvey Keitel Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Frances McDormand Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Barry Mendel Producer YesY YesY YesY 3
Mark Mothersbaugh Composer YesY YesY YesY YesY 4
Bill Murray Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 9
Edward Norton Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Dipak Pallana Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Kumar Pallana Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY 4
Larry Pine Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY 4
Randall Poster Music supervisor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 11
Steven Rales Producer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 8
Tony Revolori Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Scott Rudin Producer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 7
Jake Ryan Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Liev Schreiber Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Jason Schwartzman Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 7
Screenwriter YesY 1
Story YesY YesY 2
Fisher Stevens Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY 4
Adam Stockhausen Production designer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 6
Tilda Swinton Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Brian Tenenbaum Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
David Wasco Production designer YesY YesY YesY 3
Andrew Weisblum Editor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 6
Andrew Wilson Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Luke Wilson Actor YesY YesY YesY 3
Owen Wilson Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 7
Screenwriter YesY YesY YesY 3
Wallace Wolodarsky Actor YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 5
Jeffrey Wright Actor YesY YesY 2
Robert Yeoman Cinematographer YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY YesY 10

References

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  1. ^ According to Matt Zoller Seitz, the author of The Wes Anderson Collection "24 Things I Learned Writing My Wes Anderson Book -- Vulture". Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  2. ^ Binkley, Christina (1 May 2024). "Montblanc asked Wes Anderson to direct its ad. He did — and designed a pen". Vogue Business. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Wes Anderson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Wes Anderson". Metacritic. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Wes Anderson". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019. [dead link]
  6. ^ Gottlieb, Meryl (March 21, 2018). "The actors who have appeared in the most Wes Anderson films — from Bill Murray to Owen Wilson". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Munton, Rebecca (May 20, 2021). "10 Recurring Wes Anderson Collaborators Also In The French Dispatch". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  8. ^ "Directors Trademarks: Wes Anderson". Cinelinx. June 1, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Eisler, Kim (December 11, 2007). "What's a DC Billionaire Doing Aboard The Darjeeling Limited?". Washingtonian.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
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